ICI: Project #03: Report

Introduction to Construction Industry

(QSB 30105)

Final Project (#03): ‘The Project Brief’

Report

Foundation in Natural & Built Environments (FNBE)

March – April 2014 Intake

Completed By

Name:

Tutor:

Natalie Ki (0318918)

Chow Hong Da ( 0318571)

Ms. Normah Jean

Contents

Page No. Page Title

1 Cover Page

2 Contents

3 Introduction

4 - 7 Our Site

8 - 9 Rationale & Client

Evaluation

10 Concept

11 Location Plan

12 - 13 Site Plan & Existing Plan

14 - 18 Sections & Elevations

19 - 20 Fire Brigade Plan

21 - 22 Water Plumbing Plan

23 - 24 Lighting Plan

25 Understanding Local

Authority & Submission

Requirements

26 - 37 Local Authority

Submission Form Mock-

Up

Introduction

For this assignment, we are tasked to find a specific land within

the campus area of Taylor's University, in order to initiate a small

construction project and produce a report proposal.

The size of the land chosen should not exceed 30mX30m. The

construction project proposal is required to serve one of the

purposes mentioned in the project brief. These include:

Recreation, Study Enhancement, Rest Area, Dining and

Commercial Area.

The objective of this project is to enable students to develop an

understanding of the building team, its organization, duties and

inter-relations within which they will seek employment, career

progression or further study.

The project also serves to develop an awareness of the building

teams’ professional responsibilities and to appreciate their

profession in the construction industry.

We are also encouraged to further our understanding of our

knowledge of the process in which it takes to submit the proper

building proposal to our local authorities.

Our Site

Introduction to our Chosen Site

The area we have chosen as our site is the unused and

undeveloped roof on top of Lecture Theatre 20, at the end of

the hallway of Level 2, Block E.

The reason for choosing the site is because its lack of design and

uses has caused the area to be neglected and categorized as

redundant from the poor development.

This provides us with many opportunities for improvement and

enhancement, thus transforming the wasted space to be fully

utilized to its natural potential.

Images & Photographs

View from the entrance, overlooking the expanse of the area.

View from the corner, overlooking the entrance.

View from Level 3, Block E’s balcony, overlooking the entrance

of the site.

Site Analysis

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Scale 1:200

The size of our site is approximately 465 M2

The amount of rainfall that our site receives is around 2,800 mm

to 3,000 mm.

The traffic rate at our site is low to none.

The sun at our site rises from the East and sets at the West. During

noon, the sun would be indirectly shining onto our site, but still

shady enough for comfort by the surrounding higher levels of the University campus.

Despite the advantages of our site, it also has disadvantages

that might be the reason for its lack of usage at its current state.

These disadvantages are:

Strong sunlight during afternoon

Our site is located at the end of the cul-de-sac of Level 2, Block

E. This is unfortunate as most people would be reluctant to visit

our site because of the location.

It has only 1 entrance/access point. This makes the flow of

traffic a difficult procedure because there is only one way to

enter & exit.

Our site has fairly terrible view. It overlooks a car park, which

doesn’t provide any advantage because the view isn’t

pleasing to the eye.

Advantages

Our site, whilst considered at redundant space due to the lack

of usage, does have some natural features that provide it with

a strong potential to become a success. A few of these natural

advantages our site has are:

A wide expanse of open space, providing us with a good

space for development.

An existing flat area makes things easier to build upon as the

geographical terrain becomes much more simple if everything

is on the same level.

Building upon this flat area allows better control when deciding

what to pitch and what to fall.

It has 3 open sides, providing an advantage of panoramic

viewing when choosing a purpose of our site. It also enables

more exposure to open air.

Due to this, our site also has a good source of sunlight.

Disadvantages

Rationale & Client Evaluation

After looking at the natural features and the advantages &

disadvantages we could design around for our site, we settled on the

purpose of our site to be:

‘Study Enhancement Area’

For this construction project, we decided to look upon the weakness of

our library, which is the University’s current main facility of study, By

doing so, we are able to issues and problems with and propose a plan

that can make up for its shortcomings, particularly as a study

enhancement area.

Through analysis, we have pinpointed the following issues of the library

which we hope to use this information to create a study enhancement

area fit for the clients of our project:

Lack of available space: The library is the main area which the

students use in order to study. This makes it a well visited area and

during the peak hours, can be quite full – even with 5 floors.

Occasionally claustrophobic: at certain areas. Cramped spaces make

some students uncomfortable.

Certain areas have bad ventilation: The library can get stuffy

occasionally. The ventilation makes the air in the Library thick and

uncomfortable, which also increases the sense of claustrophobia.

Lack of isolation – no privacy: Even with the isolation booths. There are

no places that provide a 100% privacy for each individual. Surveys

have shown that there are students who would much prefer isolation

booths of their own.

No area for resting/napping: University students are always looking for

a quick nap. In our current Library, there are no designated areas

where sleeping is a possible feat.

Not enough electrical plugs

Through studying the Library’s weakness, we have decided

upon the goals of our construction project. The proposal is

required to fulfill the following criteria:

Fit the scope of client (Students, Scholars, Teachers & Lecturers,

etc.)

Site must encourage studying: it should be able to enhance the

learning experience to maximum capacity.

Site should be simplistic & idealistic

Utilize the location & space effectively

Compensate the failures of the library to enhance studying

Concept

Rationale of our Concept:

The concept of our site must be able to provide a comfortable

open space for people to rest on.

We also wish to implement a green landscape approach that

will help users to feel more connected to nature & enable to

make studious progress in harmony with mother nature.

It should address the issues of the library, particularly the issue of

privacy. As a result, it should provide isolation without feeling

claustrophobic through well-spaced isolation rooms.

Advantages of our Concept:

Grassy field and implementation of green approaches

provides public space to study/relax on as well as

encourage green space into human lifestyle.

Isolation rooms provide personal space and privacy for

private study.

Open space gives the impression of freedom – more

open air.

Location Plan

The Location Plan is usually be inclusive of the main building site

and requires at least 2 Road names. By having this, it allows the

authority to be able to locate the location of the site.

In our case, the Location Plan of the existing building is to

indicate the location of Taylor’s Lakeside. It is should not only

include two access roads, but should also include which block it

is located in. For this construction plan, it is in Block E.

The Location Plan is usually not to scale.

Site Plan

The Site Plan must indicate the key dimensions of the site

concerned – especially the ‘setting-out dimensions’. It should

also include the orientation and is usually done on a smaller

scale than the floor plan. Grid lines are also required, if any.

Existing Plan

The Existing Plan is the plan for the site’s current existing state. It

is drawn to scale and usually includes structural grid lines. This is

to show the intersection of the grid lines and to locate the

support columns that might be existing in site.

In our case, we need the Existing Plan in order to locate where

the support columns are, as well as the rain water down pipe

and the support beams.

Floor Plan

The Floor Plan is the main drawing. It is occasionally referred to

as the ‘Master Plan’, but usually not. It includes the completed

design of the drawing and has grid lines which were previously

mentioned in the Site Plan.

It also includes the design layout and all of the spaces that have

been noted. In our drawing, the spaces are denoted in the

isolation rooms (‘R1’, ‘R2’, etc…) and the garden rooms (‘GR1’,

‘GR2’, etc…)

Levelling are also included in the Floor Plan.

The last and most important thing that is mentioned in the Floor

Plan is the important dimensions that have to be stated clearly

enough for construction. This is to make sure that everything

designed can be built within the site area.

Key/Legend

Symbol Definition

Small ornamental water fountain

in reflective pool

Drawbridge

Shade Trees

Hedges and Shrubs

Stone steps

Roof Plan The Roof Plan is always fairly simple. It shows the strides, roof and

the key divisions. It also shows the pitch and fall. For example,

into the Roof Plan of our drawing, the arrows on the roof show

the fall of the slope in the roofing.

Sections and Elevations are mandatory when submitting a

Building Proposal to the Local Authorities. There are important as

they help indicate the slabs, beams, roof beams and roof

shapes.

They have to give clear indications of the relationship between

the spaces.

Structural elements are also mentioned in the sections and

elevations.

Another factor that is mentioned in the elevations and sections

are the height of elements. These must be indicated in these

drawings.

Materials are also annotated along with the dimensions for all.

Sections & Elevations

Fire Brigade Plan

Fire Proofing is an important part of the building process. A

place must be able to control and monitor when any fire has

started, or else valuable lives will be lost.

In our construction project, we have included smoke detectors

and hose reels at allocated places to serve this purpose.

Key/Legend Symbol Definition

Smoke Detector

Hose Reel

Water Plumbing Plan

Our site uses water features in order to segregate the isolation

study rooms. By adding this feature, it is important to consider a

water plumbing plan which can depict the flow of water

plumbing in the area.

As we also have softscape elements, water outlets also have to

be placed on site in order to maintain it.

Key/Legend

Symbol Definition

Water distribution line

Water output line

Water

replacement/input line

Lighting Plan (Circuit Zone)

Our site happens to have a few outlets that need to be

maintained and wired. As a result, a circuit zone plan has been

drawn. This is to show the different wiring lines that cover which

area, as well as how many outlets there are with switches.

Key/Legend

Symbol Definition

Floor Light

Surface Mounted Light

Bollard Light

Concealed Down light

‘Keluar’ Sign

Emergency Light

Pole Light

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Understanding Local Authority &

Submission Requirements

All Building Submissions, apart from the design sequence and its

subsequent ‘Production Information’ drawings, are the Local Authority Requirements.

All Local Authority requirements vary from one another. However, at

most times, the can be generally as follows:

The basic Drawing Requirements are:

1. Key Plan

2. Location Plan

3. Site Plan

4. Floor Plan

5. Roof Plan

6. Sections

7. Elevations

These are known as ‘Planning’ & ‘Building Plan’. Once they are

approved by the Local Authority, the ‘Planning’ becomes the

‘Development Order (D.O)’ and the ‘Building Plan’ becomes the

‘Building Plan Approval (B.P Approval)’ All of these are prepared by the Architect.

After these have been approved, the architect will prepare the ‘Fire

Prevention System’ and the ‘Fire Fighting System’. Even though this falls under the job description of the M&E, the architect must also be

involved in planning this.

Fire Preventions cover the Smoke Detectors and the Heat Detectors – which will require a Fire Alarm.

The Fire Fighting System covers the hose reels, sprinklers and fire extinguishers.

During this time, the Civil Structure Engineers will cover the external water

systems and the Mechanical & Electrical Engineers will cover the internal

water systems – along with the electrical concerns.

Throughout this process, the Quantity Surveyor must oversee the general

cost in order to make sure that everything stays within the budget of the

client and there is no loss.

In any Building submission, it involved the:

- Preliminary Design Phase (Site Analysis, Conceptual Design, etc…)

- Design Development Phase (Commence involvement with the C&S, QS

and M&E)

- Contract Phase (Tender Stage, etc…)